57: Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia De La Cerda

Dahlia De La Cerda, writer of Reservoir Bitches.

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025 after its debut in 2024, Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda yokes its readers to a visceral whirlwind of punk feminist short stories depicting the violence that contemporary Mexican women face. Translated by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches, the book follows the linked stories of thirteen Mexican women, unapologetically navigating tangled gender expectations, sexual violence, and exploitation under the oppressive weight of misogyny.

“Women always speak, think, and act from the memory of our pain.”

Read the rest of the book review at the American Mag under my Book Column: About That Book.

Thanks for reading,

Gabby